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7/31
1998

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Congregation Shir Tikva announces
an educational yet enjoyable way to
spend lunch time in Troy. A new series
titled "Jewish Spirituality: Our Sages
Speak" will take place every Monday
beginning Aug. 10 at 12:15 p.m.
Modeled after a lunch and learn for-
mat, the discussions will represent a
liberal approach to the study of pre-
modern Jewish texts through active
learning. Topics from the chosen text
Pirke Avot: A Modern Commentary on
Jewish Ethics will be read and discussed
during the noontime sessions. A par-
ticipatory approach will be taken dur-
ing the sessions rather than a passive
one, there will not be a lecture, so that
guests may frame their own insights
directly from the text.
Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) is
edited and translated by Leonard
Kravitz and Kerry Olitzky who pre-
sent a fresh, new approach to a Jewish
classic. The book also includes tradi-
tional commentaries from Rashi and
Maimonides as well as selections from
more contemporary Jewish philoso-
phers.
Congregation Shir Tikvah hopes
that business people and others in and
around the Troy area who are able to
take some time during their lunch
break will join us for what we expect
will be an on-going, invigorating
weekly discussion. Sessions will take
place in the congregation's new facility
located at 3900 Northfield Parkway
(south of Wattles between Crooks and
Coolidge) in Troy. Lunch will be avail-
able for purchase or participants may
"brown bag" it. There will be no
charge to participate. For more infor-
mation, please call the temple office at
(248) 649-4418.

Jewish Women
Study Program

JEWEL, Jewish Women's Educational
League, will offer a learning program
for women 8-9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.
5, at a private home in Bloomfield
Hills. JEWEL is an international
women's learning network sponsored
by Aish HaTorah.
The classes are free of charge and
refreshments will be served. JEWEL
welcomes all Jewish ladies regardless of
affiliation or religious persuasion.
For information, call Aish
HaTorah, (248) 737-0400.

New Director Tapper'
For Elderly Outreach

Sheyna Wexelberg-Clouser was named
director of community outreach for
programs at Jewish Home and Aging
Services.
The outreach program provides
religious and cultural support, educa-
tion and training to Jewish older (—/
adults and their caregivers in the tri-
county area. It's coordinated by
JHAS in partnership with the
Commission on Jewish Eldercare
Services (COJES).
Experienced in the field of geri-
atric care, Wexelberg-Clouser will
develop and coordinate the Jewish
Community Chaplaincy Program, as
well as educational, research and
training opportunities related to
aging issues through JHAS's LeVine
Institute on Aging.
She will direct the Jewish
Component of Caregiving Training
Program that provides religious and
cultural training to home and health
care professionals. She will develop
further outreach opportunities, ser-
vices and programs to meet the need__
of Jewish older adults isolated from
the community.
Wexelberg-Clouser, who begins her
new position Aug. 3, has held clinical
supervision, social work and care man-
agement positions with the Detroit
Area Agency on Aging since 1989,
most recently serving as director of
quality assurance.
Formerly, she developed the pro-
gram in care management for the
elderly at Detroit's Henry Ford
Hospital; was resident relation's coor-
dinator at Jewish Federation
Apartments; and was consultant to the
Michigan Office of Services to the
Aging. She holds a master's degree in
social work from the University of
Wisconsin.
Before coming to Michigan with
her family in 1983, Wexelberg-
Clouser served with geriatric agencies
in Philadelphia.
"Sheyna brings to this position an
extraordinary level of administrative
skills, creativity, development ability
and commitment to the needs of the
elderly," said Margo Parr, executive
director of the Jewish Home and
Aging Services.
"'With the increased attention our
community is giving to this growing
population, her broad experience in
the field of geriatric care will enable us
to move our programs forward."